Im looking for somewhere to stay for a few Days in August in the Lakes with secure bike storage as Im going to be taking the Car with the Bike on the Roof and obviously dont want to leave it on top overnight.
Somewhere central would be brill as im planning on Helylln, High Street etc
Any Suggestions ?
Thanks
Links [url= http://www.keswickmountainbikes.co.uk/acatalog/links_and_resources.html ]here[/url] for Keswick, which is a 20 min drive from Ambleside.
Ambleside [url= http://www.golakes.co.uk/accommodation/lake-district-bed-and-breakfast.aspx ]here[/url]
Youth hostels? There r some crackers in the lakes. Maybe not suitable if you're going on your own though depending on your view of bunking up with strangers
If going for YHA - deffo use Hawkshead - lovely spot and run by one of [url= http://www.ridethelakes.co.uk/phpbb3/index.php ]this lot[/url]
http://www.independenthostelguide.co.uk/map-of-hostels-in-the-lake-district.php
try looking here, but I can recomend http://www.thorneyhow.co.uk/
Just come back fro doing the Coast To Coast route yesterday - can definitely recommend [url= http://www.theholliesinlakeland.co.uk/ ]The Hollies[/url] B&B, just outside Keswick.
We were welcomed by tea & freshly baked cake (that was still warm) 🙂 and there is a cracking pub a couple of hundred yards away.
I stopped in a spot in windermere in a place called 'The Nook', run by a couple who have the guesthouse ajoined.
Was very reasonable (£80/night) which is probably the cheapest you'll find any accommodation in Windermere, let alone a high spec'ed, recently totally refurbed, self catering unit, with off street parking, bike friendly, dog friendly (check before though), and only a few minute walk to the pubs.
Guy was called Mick, spot on fella who will talk you into the earth about car's (I helped him along for about an hour before the misses clobbered us both for yapping too much). Even at full price you will not get anything as good as this in that area.
Alternatively their guest house sometimes has space, cannot speak for the rooms, but the breakfast is top, and again, bike friendly.
http://ivythwaitecottages.co.uk/accommodation.html
